What an incredible rose. I have never heard anything negative about this rose.

I’m also on the look out for this one....guess I should have posted it on the unicorn thread!

I tried to go to their site and it said that it was not secure and would not let me proceed.

Yeah, it didn’t work for me either so I will wait until I can get it from someone else

I don't think they offered it this year.

I wrote to Hortico asking about it. No response yet.

I'd like one of these as well, but even if Hortico does have them they are almost impossible to get. I remember one year a bunch of people on the forum must have waited for the exact time that Hortico opened up online sales to get their names on a list for this one. It turned out that they only had a few plants available and they sold out almost instantly.

I won’t cry over it again , someone here with a name that rhymes with “ pen “ got the only ones they had ! Haha they had a super limited inventory of them . Luckily he posts such gorgeous pics i forgive easily . ☺️

Maybe I'll have better luck finding the other one I've been looking for...Irish Hope...if anyone has ideas about where to get this one.

I actually had rooted out 3 cuttings of Chandos Beauty that I had hoped to give away. Alas, the polar vortex killed them...not the cold, but bringing them inside and back out was too much of a temperature change for the young plants and they desiccated. I lost the majority of my cuttings in this process, only Evelyn and Geranium Red soldier on.

Sorry to hear that you lost all your cuttings. Luckily two pulled through. Somehow I feel like I'm getting closer to a Chandos Beauty.

Ben...that's a shame.

Yes, Chandos Beauty is my favorite rose. I would be so upset if I lost it. Good luck on finding it.

If anyone would be interested in selling a few small cuttings of Chandos Beauty, please email me at fruds8630@gmail.om. Happy Easter to all.

What country are you in?

U.S. in Leesburg, Virginia

So, I'm out then...I live in Canada. So sorry.

Thanks for trying

No worries. Good luck!! :)

I'm going to try it for the first time this year, have a couple budded plants getting started in the greenhouse. Hope its as fragrant as everyone says :)

I sent a message to Nicole from Hortico and asked if they needed some cuttings from my Chandos Beauty....this is part of what she responded:

The reason is in not up [on website] is we only had so many available and I had several back orders for it.

Good news is it is in the field and I am hopeful I will have more next year and can actually post it on the site!

So, there is hope for those of you wanting it. :) :)

That is great news Carol. Hopefully I will be able to get one.

Maybe send her an email and put one on order for next year?

Nicole@hortico.com

I, too, am interested in Chandos Beauty. I understand that Hortico will custom grow for $29 (first plant) $19 thereafter. If anyone is interested is this option, post here - maybe we can place an order together. Only downside is it takes a couple years.

Hortico is very aware everyone wants Chandos Beauty. The year I bought mine, they were only able to raise 4 plants to a saleable condition. That year they weren’t committing to attaching any individual to a plant until after successful harvest. I remember calling Nicole several times a week for quite some time. I was always polite but I’m sure I was annoying, but it’s not like they gave me any other option. Not sure why so few plants can be raised, that’s the core problem.

Carol,

It seems several of us are on first name basis with Nicole due to Chandos Beauty, lol!

I think it’s an excellent rose, but Sugar Moon beats it for fragrance, PJPII beats it for overall garden performance, Francis Meilland would be a decent substitute.

Ben, Good to know since I just planted Francis. I have long since put Chandros Beauty in the Unicorn category of roses that I will have to enjoy vicariously through those that were able to score one.

Yours is really fab!

Ben - I tried to get one since mine died last year in my big massacre. Sigh. They sent me a 1/2 grade rose...turned out to be Rosemary Harkness (which I had ordered from them in the same order this spring...so now I have two.). To me, Chandos Beauty has charm. Look at those stuffed beautiful blooms you got! I'm in awe, as usual of your rose growing abilities. :) :) Maybe I'll wait a few years until everyone from here has one and then try again.

Thanks, all. Guess I will just wait until it becomes more available. I got on the bandwagon after seeing it on a Bunny Guinness YouTube video on planting Mary Berry’s garden. Not too disappointed. I have a tendency to want things I cannot have, like lilacs and peonies in zone 9a/10b San Diego. I keep trying, nevertheless but have to be happy with gardenias and stephanotis and lots of other plants I couldn’t grow where it snows! :)

I want one too *sigh*

I bought mine last year from Hortico, i also got Strawberry Hill at the same.